重点实验室主攻方向：滨海湿地生态系统结构、功能及修复与管理，具体为以下三个方向、九个研究重点：

方向一、滨海湿地生物多样性形成与维持

研究重点1：滨海湿地生物多样性分布格局

研究重点2：滨海湿地生物多样性的演化机制

研究重点3：滨海湿地生物多样性保护

方向二：全球变化与滨海湿地生态系统互作

研究重点1：滨海湿地全球变化响应与适应 

研究重点2：滨海湿地与近海水域相互作用

研究重点3：滨海湿地蓝碳功能和机制

方向三：退化滨海湿地生态系统修复与可持续管理

研究重点1：滨海湿地污染监测与评价

研究重点2：滨海湿地环境与生态修复

研究重点3：滨海湿地可持续利用与管理

Scope 1:  Formation and maintenance mechanisms of biodiversity in coastal wetlands

Focus 1: Patterns of biodiversity in coastal wetlands

Focus 2: Evolutionary mechanisms of biodiversity in coastal wetlands

Focus 3: Conservation of biodiversity in coastal wetlands

Scope 2:  Interaction of Global change and coastal wetland ecosystems

Focus 1: Response and adaptation of coastal wetlands to global change

Focus 2:  Interaction of coastal wetlands and nearshore waters 

Focus 3: Function and mechanisms of blue carbon in coastal wetlands

Scope 3: Restoration and sustainable management of deteriorated wetland ecosystems

Focus 1: Environmental monitoring and assessment in coastal wetlands

Focus 2: Environmental and ecological restoration in coastal zones

Focus 3: Sustainable use and management of coastal wetlands